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Trinidad and Tobago aiming for top ten finish at Glasgow 2014

  • Glasgow 2014

By Emily GoddardMarch 31 - Trinidad and Tobago is aiming for a top ten finish at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, National Olympic Committee President Brian Lewis has revealed to insidethegames.

hopes at Glasgow 2014 ©Getty ImagesLewis is also expecting of good performances in athletics, cycling, swimming


Wheeler rounds off impressive US display at CanAms swimming championships

  • Swimming News

American swimmer Kayla Wheeler has rounded off an impressive weekend at the 2014 United States Paralympics Swimming

Since I started swimming that event, I've been trying to get under six minutes," she said."

action came to a close in Miami.Leslie Cichocki brought her American record tally up to five after swimming

This is not my best swimming," said Long, who prepped for the event for only four days."

I came here to qualify for the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championship team and start preparing for Rio

This event served as the US team qualifier for the Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships in August,


Paralympics Ireland holds first Rio 2016 training camp for medal hopefuls

  • Rio 2016 Paralympics

By Zjan ShirinianMarch 29 - Irish Paralympians with the best chances of qualifying for Rio 2016 are taking part in the first multisport training camp as preparations for the Games gather pace.

camp, in its third of four days, is also seeing Paralympic hopefuls from cycling, table tennis and swimming



Three world records fall on opening day of CanAms swimming championships

  • Swimming News

By Paul OsborneMarch 27 - Three world records have fallen on day one of the US Paralympics Spring Swimming

School, as America's top Para-swimmers battle for a spot in the national team for the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming

It's great to be here in this atmosphere, swimming at such a large meet, but I am definitely feeling

I've only been swimming for about four days for this meet so I'm slowly getting into a rhythm."

opening day of Can-Am ChampionshipsApril 2013: London 2012 gold medallists named on US team for IPC Swimming


Dame Sarah announced as ambassador for fourth ParalympicsGB Sports Fest

  • Paralympics

By Gary AndersonMarch 27 - Britain's most decorated female Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey has been announced as an ambassador for the fourth ParalympicsGB Sports Fest which is due to take place at SportCity in Manchester on Monday May 19.

promote this fantastic event and I am pleased I can be involved too," said Dame Sarah, who also has five swimming

Paralympic gold medallist Pearson joins ParalympicsGB Sports Fest line-upMarch 2013: BPA and British Swimming


Disability tennis players in London receive a visit from royalty

  • Paralympics

By Gary AndersonMarch 27 - The Duchess of Gloucester dropped in to check out the action at the Westway Sports Centre in London today, as players took part in the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games Learning Disability Tennis Competition.

year's competition features the biggest Para-Games competition programme ever, consisting of athletics, swimming


Cycling and football launch campaign to get more women into sport

  • News

By Gary AndersonMarch 27 – British Cycling and the Football Association (FA) have today announced the launch of the Kick Start Your Ride campaign which aims to encourage more women to get into sport by cycling to football matches.

Survey now puts football fourth in terms of overall participation behind cycling which is third, while swimming


Vettel named World Sportsman of the Year at Laureus Awards

  • News

By Nick ButlerMarch 26 - Four time world Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel has been named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year at the awards ceremony in Kuala Lumpar.

the members of the Academy present in Kuala Lumpar was former London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe, US swimming


British Swimming to appeal funding cut to synchro, but not water polo

  • Aquatics

By David OwenMarch 26 - British Swimming has decided not to appeal UK Sport's withdrawal of elite performance

Olympic and Paralympic sports, including also basketball and goalball.An announcement said that British Swimming

Sport decision to withdraw its financial support ©Getty ImagesSparkes also emphasised that British Swimming

British Swimming chairman Maurice Watkins commented: "This has been an extremely difficult decision for

British Swimming to make."

offered unsuccessfully, before last week's announcement, to stand behind the team synchronised swimming


Miami gears up to welcome top Paralympic swimmers for Pan Pacific qualifier

  • Swimming News

set to do battle in Miami this week as the Ransom Everglades School hosts the US Paralympics Spring Swimming

National Championships/Spring CanAm which act as a qualifier for the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships

Meyers and Ian Silverman, who all claimed titles at last year's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming

Miami this week will determine the athletes who will compete for the US team at the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming

opening day of Can-Am ChampionshipsApril 2013: London 2012 gold medallists named on US team for IPC Swimming



Sparkes gives up dual role in British Swimming

  • Aquatics

By Gary AndersonMarch 25 - David Sparkes is set to become the sole chief executive of British Swimming

after combining the position with the same role at the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) for the past

The change has been agreed between the respective Boards of the ASA and British Swimming, and will see

It has been a privilege to serve both the ASA and British Swimming for more than 20 years," said Sparkes

In that time swimming in England and across Great Britain has gone from strength to strength with increased

I believe the progress of the ASA and British Swimming has reached a stage where they would benefit from

synchronised swimming in England and its chief focus is the growing of participation and development



Qatar is a model nation for school sport, says UN official Lemke

  • OCA

By Emily GoddardMarch 24 - Wilfried Lemke, the United Nations secretary general's special adviser on sport for development and peace, has spoken out in praise of Qatar's contributions to the development of sport in the region.

from hundreds of schools competed in various sporting disciplines, including athletics, gymnastics, swimming